Romania, a "complete" country for Renault

Jérôme Olive, 52, general manager of Automobile Dacia, an over 2 billion-euro business per year, says there are no major differences between the Mioveni plant and one in France, such as the Douai one, which he managed until the end of last year, when he came to Romania.

“Now I truly see what Romania is all about. It is second only to France in terms of its “complete” auto operations as far as Renault is concerned. We have everything from car production through to commerce and design,” said Jérôme Olive at the “Meet the CEO” event organised by BUSINESS Magazin. At Dacia employee wages rose three times over the last five years, but according to the European labour cost index, in Romania wages in the auto industry are twice as low as in France.
As for the development of the future Dacia models, the company manager stressed that “we will never see a model designed and sold exclusively in Romania,” given that Dacia is now a European brand, with over 90% of production at Dacia’s Mioveni plant exported to Western Europe.